first working example if ...

you replace "ctx.Data["Authors"], err = repo.GetIssueAuthors()" with
"ctx.Data["Authors"], err = repo.GetAssignees()"

models/repo.go

@@ -616,22 +616,25 @@ func (repo *Repository) getAssignees(e Engine) (_ []*User, err error) {
 	return users, nil
 }
 
-func (repo *Repository) getIssueAuthors(e Engine) (authors []*User, err error) {
-	err = e.Where("issue.repo_id = ?", repo.ID).
-		Join("LEFT", "user", "user.id = issue.poster_id").OrderBy("user.id").
-		GroupBy("user.id").Select("user.id, user.name, user.full_name").Find(authors)
-
-	return
+func (repo *Repository) getIssueAuthors(e Engine, lim int, keyword string) (authors []*User, err error) {
+	var authorIDs []int64
+	if err = e.SQL("SELECT user.id FROM issue,user WHERE user.id = issue.poster_id AND issue.repo_id = ? AND user.name LIKE '%"+keyword+"%' GROUP BY user.id ORDER BY user.id", repo.ID).
+		Limit(lim, 0).Find(&authorIDs); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return GetUsersByIDs(authorIDs)
 }
 
 // GetAssignees returns all users that have write access and can be assigned to issues
 // of the repository,
-func (repo *Repository) GetAssignees() (_ []*User, err error) {
+func (repo *Repository) GetAssignees() ([]*User, error) {
 	return repo.getAssignees(x)
 }
 
-func (repo *Repository) GetIssueAuthors() (_ []*User, err error) {
-	return repo.getIssueAuthors(x)
+// GetIssueAuthors return the first 15 users who have created an issue in this repo
+// the users can be specified by a keyword
+func (repo *Repository) GetIssueAuthors(keyword string) ([]*User, error) {
+	return repo.getIssueAuthors(x, 15, keyword)
 }
 
 // GetMilestoneByID returns the milestone belongs to repository by given ID.

routers/repo/issue.go

@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ func issues(ctx *context.Context, milestoneID int64, isPullOption util.OptionalB
 
 	var (
 		assigneeID  = ctx.QueryInt64("assignee")
-		posterID    int64
+		posterID    = ctx.QueryInt64("author")
+		authorID    = posterID
 		mentionedID int64
 		forceEmpty  bool
 	)
@@ -248,6 +249,13 @@ func issues(ctx *context.Context, milestoneID int64, isPullOption util.OptionalB
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Get issue authors
+	ctx.Data["Authors"], err = repo.GetIssueAuthors("")
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("GetIssueAuthors", err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	labels, err := models.GetLabelsByRepoID(repo.ID, "", models.ListOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetLabelsByRepoID", err)
@@ -270,6 +278,7 @@ func issues(ctx *context.Context, milestoneID int64, isPullOption util.OptionalB
 	ctx.Data["SortType"] = sortType
 	ctx.Data["MilestoneID"] = milestoneID
 	ctx.Data["AssigneeID"] = assigneeID
+	ctx.Data["AuthorID"] = authorID
 	ctx.Data["IsShowClosed"] = isShowClosed
 	ctx.Data["Keyword"] = keyword
 	if isShowClosed {